Niki Caro

Biography

Niki Caro is an award winning film director, producer and screenwriter who was born in Wellington, New Zealand. Her most significant film to date is Whale Rider from 2002. It was critically praised and won a number of awards at international film festivals. She went on to direct Charlize Theron in an Oscar-nominated performance in North Country. Caro graduated BFA from the Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland in 1988, and MFA from Swinburne University of Technology.

Known for

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
—	Beautiful Ruins	Director
—	Callas	Screenplay
2023	The Mother	Director
2020	Mulan	Director
2017	Anne with an E	Director
2017	The Zookeeper's Wife	Director
2015	McFarland, USA	Director
2010	42 One Dream Rush	Director
2009	The Vintner's Luck	Director
2009	The Vintner's Luck	Producer
2009	The Vintner's Luck	Writer
2005	North Country	Director
2003	Whale Rider	Screenplay
2003	Whale Rider	Director
2001	Dark Stories: Tales from Beyond the Grave	Director
2001	Dark Stories: Tales from Beyond the Grave	Writer
1998	Memory & Desire	Director
1998	Memory & Desire	Screenplay
1994	Sure to Rise	Director
1994	Sure to Rise	Writer
1990	Virgin, Whore, Saint	Director
1990	Virgin, Whore, Saint	Writer
1990	Virgin, Whore, Saint	Editor